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Monday, January 14, 2013

Ford Motor Company plant 2,200 workers in the United States this year, the biggest increase to hire new workers in more than a decade.

This step comes a day after the market announced that it would double the quarterly dividend in recognition of its improved financial situation.

The manufacturer has more than 11% profit margin for the first nine months results in its core North American operations.

After years of deep cuts, the automotive industry was the most aggressive involves sectors of the economy adding jobs in recent years, Ford's announcement coming a day after Honda both General Motors significant recruit more blue and white-collar workers announced their own.

Joe Hinrichs, Ford of President America said the new employees are recruited to support the continued aggressive pace Ford's new product launches. The planned setting drive is in addition to the more than 8,100 combined hourly and employees added Jobs Ford in the United States in the year 2012, as the company increased production capacity and engineering, production and other operations, the increasing demand for its products advanced.

Were around 1,000 positions filled in 2012 hourly jobs in other locations, including supplier brought back operations in Japan and Mexico to Ford plants in the United States.

On the blue-collar side, the company is now more than half of the 12,000 new jobs in the United States, who committed it, until the year 2015 within the framework of its 2011 contract with deliver United Auto workers.

"" Our plan a Ford to create profitable growth and our recruitment is a direct result of our plan is working, "said Hinrichs, who took over last month, President Ford's America to the manufacturer replaces mark fields, the new chief operating officer was promoted."

As we expand our product range of fuel-efficient vehicles, we need more people in critical areas - such as in a series of engineering activities, automotive, computer software and other IT functions - to ensure we deliver vehicles people want to and '' he said value.

Hinrichs, said that United States rent Ford also help to support the global dynamics of the company. Ford commits, customers around the world with a full family offer the best in quality, fuel economy, safety, smart design and value, he said.

In the framework of the campaign for new talent for the company win builds Ford his use of social media, new, technology-savvy workers, including such sites like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to reach.

The company intensified efforts also setting to reach veterans.New COO Fields also last month said moving was considering the automaker some jobs in the city of Detroit, to attract younger employees who are interested in living and working in an urban setting. But most of the new workers are located on Ford's sprawling technical campus in Dearborn, Michigan.

Ford is not the only manufacturer, the increase of wage costs. General announced Thursday motor it 1,000 workers on a new IT Center would adjust, suburb of Roswell established it in Atlanta. The the new third page, because GM is announced in the past year, sourcing information technology work. A fourth side is still complete is.

Ultimately, said Chief Technology Officer Randy Mott, the manufacturer would have around 10,000 IT professionals in the United States, "90% GM emblem."

It employs currently only 2.200.(fuer mehr bei gm plant, hier klicken.)Honda is planning also to expand, add 50 new jobs to its plant in Marysville, to handle limousine Ohio this year to the production of a new hybrid version of the manufacturer of this latest generation of accord. "The project will cost $23 million, Honda said, and the oldest ones increase the footprint of their North American plants of 95,000 square meters."